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Here's some pics of my new bipod from Phoenix in the UK .
Its on a Ruger PR .
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That's a nice looking bit of kit there @ChrisF. I like the feet. This may be a dumb question, as I don't know about Ruger PR's, does the over barrel mounting of bipod effect the view through yr scope?
Can that mount be flipped upside down, and mounted on the lower rail ?
looks like it could be, just seams a strange way to mount a bi pod, the way it is.
Ha ah and I thought the photo had been posted downside up. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by southernman
It's supposed to be more stable with the barrel hanging beneath the swivel point rather the wobbling around on top, don't know if it's true or notQuote:
Originally Posted by southernman
To be honest , I have not even looked thru the bloody scope yet , just got the thing , from what others overseas have said , is they donot see the bipod , will have a look later .
The bipod is a UK redesign of a German design made for 50 BMG rifles , so its sturdy , and being alloy its light weight .
Opps , they do two models , a tall one and a std one , the tall is what you see mounted on the RPR , and its for that application , ie quad rail top mount , ie RPR and AI AX rifles etc , the std one is shorter and mounts like a normal bipod , ie harris, Parker Hale etc on the bottom .
He does a number of mounting spigots options etc .
Go to his website .
Nice design, yes I could see how slinging the barrel below the mount could improve stability.
Photo with legs fully extended.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...psddlybrjw.jpg
height 195-280mm , width 310-405mm
Opps , yeah just looked thru scope , cannot see the bipod or any shadow of it , at any power , 4-16x
I like it, looks the business mounted over the top.
The bipods real home , AI AX
And no I cannot see the bipod , at 5x or 25x
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Opps , and for those few that like their sh%t tight , if you look on the top you will see a allen head bolt , that goes thru the bottom to a spring loaded pad , and if you screw this up tight , this tightens up the pivot / swing etc
Yes it looks very similar to the Bipod on my Steyr HS50-M1 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisF
How does it carry ounce folded up with suppressor on? Do the legs touch at all?
Just tested it , its no problem , wether you want to fold them back or forward , with the can on , does not come close to touching .
looks cool having the rifle under the pivot point would make it quite steady
Yes ,
As instead of being teetering on top of the bipod and more prone to falling over on un-even ground , this has the rifle hanging down below the pivot point , like a plum bob .
Just heard another maker is bringing out a low C of G type bipod , be interesting to see what it looks like .
You know who made a "low hanging" bipod for their TRG whic people liked.
But surely the stability would depend on:
Distance between the feet vs height of rifle CoG above the ground.
Also the tightness which would likely be better metal to metal on a 19mm picatinny rail than via a little sling swivel and flexi padded cup Harris style.
And then construction, weight, flexibility of the legs and joints (Harris falls down there a bit)
Now, what is the advantage of setting the hinges a couple of cm out from the barrel like on this 'pod and the TRG ?
Perhaps having the legs more vertical makes them flex less.
Anyway, I suggest a lot of the extra stability might be visual rather than mechanical.
Thinking about obscuring the scope, you can just measure the height of the bipod attachment above your bore line and compare to the bottom of your scope objective. If it is above the bottom of the scope then it is obscuring some of the light from the target (you pay money and weight for a bigger objective to draw in more light) and if you can't see the bipod mount its just because it's out of focus. Same goes for a fat suppressor.
Thanks for posting the photos, Chris. A good effort and interesting bit of gear.
I have mounted the Phoenix on a AI AX338 ( 5-25x ) & a Ruger RPR ( 4-16x ) , and on both of those no hint of scope shadow .
I am hoping the new bipod will be somethink more like trigger50s original design , a bit more like the revolution from the USA .
As to obscuring , its not that big , and I hope the new model is different & lower , I would design it so it does not have any part of the bipod above the rail at all , and legs place in line with the bore axis .
Thats what Im hoping for anyway .
The pendular bipod is not new , as some old machine guns used it.
This one is an adaptation of the 90's:
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And that one from the 80's:
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Those legs look very French any way:
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They were from the 70's!:-)
Yeap , the Russian WWII DP LMG had one , looking forward to seeing what the new one looks like its from a firearms maker , lets see if they design a good one ?
